Framingham State police department awarded $140k state grant

Framingham State University has received a $141,919 state grant to upgrade its campus police dispatch system and purchase laptops for department cruisers, the school announced Wednesday.

Scott O'Connell/Daily News staff

Framingham State University has received a $141,919 state grant to upgrade its campus police dispatch system and purchase laptops for department cruisers, the school announced Wednesday.

Most of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security award – about $109,000 – will be used to buy a new Computer Aided Dispatch system. The new equipment will streamline communication within the department, according to university officials, and save time and resources currently wasted operating the current system.

Campus police also received $20,000 to buy new Dell Latitude Toughbooks to install in four police cruisers. The devices will allow officers to write reports and access information without going back to headquarters or contacting dispatch.

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